Guest House, along with stablemate Big Sky, is playing a key role in comparisons with other precocious Mick Price-trained colts, but it is a youngster Price did not even prepare that he continues to be reminded of. Price said the son of Home Affairs shares similarities with 2005 Golden Slipper… Read More »
Chris Waller will soon unleash a string of proven Group 1 stars expected to be major players this Autumn Carnival, but another he still harbours elite-level aspirations with will get a head-start on them this weekend. One-time boom colt Wodeton resumes in Saturday’s $250,000 Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) at Randwick…. Read More »
Racing on Saturday heads to Caulfield with the running of Caulfield Charity Family Day, which sees the start of the Festival Of Racing period. This will be the first time this meeting has been run without a Group 1 race given the move of the C.F Orr Stakes to the… Read More »
Third and fourth generation trainers Marc and Mitchell Conners celebrated their first stakes win as a partnership as stable star Willaidow carved out his own slice of history by capturing back-to-back renewals of the JRA Plate at Rosehill. Marc is the son of four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry, whose… Read More »
She had to do it at both ends of the race, but Chilly Girl proved up to the task, leading throughout for a game victory in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill in faster time than the colts and geldings’ division. Trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou, the daughter of… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent stable has strengthened their claims of capturing Victoria’s premier two-year-old contest following the stylish victory of Big Sky at Caulfield. Big Sky heads the market from stablemate Guest House in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) on February 21 following his win in… Read More »
Chris Waller has fired an early Golden Slipper salvo, producing stunningly related colt Hidrix for an emphatic debut win at Rosehill as favourite Incognito disappointed. Incognito had been equal favourite for the worldâs richest two-year-old race but battled in the straight to finish fifth, jockey Tommy Berry reporting the youngster appeared to have… Read More »
Caulfield hosts a 10-race program tomorrow with the Chairmanâs Stakes for the two-year-oldâs and Bellmaine Stakes for the mares the feature races on what looks a tricky enough race card to find winners. The track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is out 4 metres for the entire… Read More »
Trainer Robbie Griffiths will be able to gauge how much improvement Invincible Son has made when the colt steps out for the second time at Caulfield. A debut third to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Unit Five at Caulfield Heath last month, Invincible Son heads to the Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) on Saturday. Griffiths said there… Read More »
Trainer Grahame Begg believes a ring-rusty Samangu is now ready to put her best foot forward with a return to the winner’s circle imminent. Samangu heads to the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday third-up having been off the scene for nine months. The five-year-old missed a spring campaign after a training… Read More »
Big Sky, the current second favourite for the $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes, faces an interesting test in what will be his second career start in the Chairmanâs Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Five of the eight opponents lining up to clash with the Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr)… Read More »
Mornington based horseman Michael Mehegan considers himself lucky to still have the best horse to pass through his hands in his care. Bossy Benita put a scare through the Mehegan stable last year when she dumped her rider at trackwork and went on a path of destruction that could have resulted in… Read More »
The rapid progression Pearl Of Dubai made at her first campaign has given Peter Snowden reason to be optimistic ahead of the well-bred filly’s return at Rosehill. Not only did the youngster manage an encouraging second at her only start in the Kirkham Plate (1000m) in October, but she did it off… Read More »
Trainer Clayton Douglas is looking forward to again seeing his star sprinter Giga Kick on centre stage at Flemington during the upcoming Autumn Carnival. Giga Kick is set to resume in the Group 1 Lightning Stakes (1000m) on February 14, his first outing since taking out the Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m)… Read More »
Tommy Berry has served a note of caution ahead of Enriched’s resumption at Rosehill, putting the sprinter on notice to prove he is the same promising galloper he was last autumn. The entire beat all but star filly Autumn Glow in the Darby Munro Stakes (1100m) in March before going on to… Read More »
Golden Slipper equal favourite Incognito will take an important step on the road to the world’s richest juvenile race when he resumes in the Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill. A smart winner of the Breeders’ Plate (1000m) in the spring, Incognito has prepared for his return with two trials, the most recent… Read More »
With two trials under the belt for Marhoona, Apocalyptic and Manaal, Michael Freedman has started working out where his three Group One winners will head for their first up assignments. The trio trialled at Randwick on Tuesday with Golden Slipper winning mare Marhoona leading throughout to score over unbeaten star Autumn Glow. 1⣅ Read More »
Star three-year-old fillies Tempted and Apocalyptic are unlikely to clash until the Surround Stakes with the former expected to take on the colts and geldings first-up. Runner-up to Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising in The Everest (1200m), Tempted will make her first public appearance of the year in a 1000m Group… Read More »
One of the top fillies and mares of 2025 will have her first public outing this week as Treasurethe Moment begins her short autumn feature race campaign. Matt Laurie could not be happier with the four-year-old whose stellar string of four wins included the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) in November 2024… Read More »
Resilient gelding Sandpaper has notched his second black type win for trainer Bjorn Baker and syndicator Darby Racing, defying all challengers to lead throughout in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick. Rated beautifully by Nash Rawiller, Sandpaper was heavily backed to start a $2.70 favourite and held on by a long neck… Read More »
